Word: prays
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Duty Is to Pray. A monk is a cleric who takes vows of religion that bind him to live and serve in one monastic community until his death. Unlike Franciscan or Dominican houses, which are organized into tightly run provinces, Benedictine monasteries are almost completely independent of each other; a monk obeys only his own abbot. Unlike the Jesuits or other modern religious congregations, which have specific vocations to preach, heal or teach, monks are essentially contemplative: their major duty is the Opus Dei-the common recitation of the prayers in the Divine Office, for the glory...
...monasteries will try almost anything that seems likely to help provide for the time and opportunity to pray. Famed since the 12th century for their farming prowess, the Trappists have added new luster to the order's reputation through the assortment of cheese, jams, breads and cured hams they sell to supermarkets. Better known as teachers than farmers, U.S. Benedictines operate more than 50 seminaries, colleges and high schools, many (such as the Portsmouth Priory School near Newport, R.I.) with national reputations. Monasteries make ends meet through a variety of self-sustaining work: one abbey in Indiana...
This New Year an estimated 45 million Japanese will flock to Shinto shrines to watch the Kagura dancing. As they approach the altars, worshipers will clap their hands (a sign of rejoicing), silently pray for divine protection, and drop some coins into the waiting coffers as they leave. Meiji shrine alone expects a minimum of 2.000,000 visitors-which is also "the physical maximum we can accommodate." says Hiroshi Taniguchi. the shrine's leading ritualist...
...responsibility for what has happened here and for what will be done in future and in years to come. Our general theme these days has been: 'Jesus Christ the light of the world.' We shall have patiently to study and to work and to wait and to pray for his light that we may become able to find and to recognize the way on which he will be with us because...
...still undisclosed place. But in a different version, the evidence points to another Belgian, one Colonel Huyghe, as the killer. A Briton serving with the Katanga army at the time testified that Huyghe later boasted of how Lumumba's two fellow prisoners were shot as they knelt to pray. Then Huyghe waited for Patrice himself to enter the room. Testified the Briton: "When Lumumba walked in, he started screaming and crying for his life . . . 'Pray, you bastard,' said Huyghe. 'You had no pity on women or children or nuns of your own faith, so pray...